I didn't think any of these were left ...........

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Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 7,081 Send Message	OneFootInTheGrave	Report	5 Oct 2014 14:40
	This thread brings back memories as I remember seeing these in Jenners in Edinburgh and in the Co-op in Dunfermline, the Co-op in Dunfermline tubes went across roads, the Cash Office was in one street and the various departments were in nearby streets - my mother hated them, she would hand over her money to pay for what she had bought and whoosh up the tube it went and whoosh back came your change, trouble was that at busy times you waited ages for your change.
	Researching: I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	5 Oct 2014 14:37
	I remember one shop has a system of overhead wires that lead from the sales desks to the cash desk. The assistant had to put the money in a container that was fixed to the wire. A handle was pulled and the money shot across to the cash desk where it was removed and the change inserted before being sent on the return journey. Edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_carrier
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	5 Oct 2014 14:15
	Bon Marche was far too posh for us from the Walworth Road!!!!
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	5 Oct 2014 13:01
	Bon Marche used to use them
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Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	5 Oct 2014 12:59
	I was in Tesco's in Riverhead yesterday and noticed they have these tubes. Sadly, they no longer make that lovely swishing noise the old ones did. Anyone here from Walworth Road and remembers the ones in Pecrys?
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14,699 Send Message	Kay????	Report	5 Oct 2014 09:29
	our local asda uses pods up a shoot,,,,,,,you can see it going on its journey in large tubes which go across the store........landing somewhere in the rafters. :-D
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	5 Oct 2014 08:39
	Our local sainsburys had a refit a few years ago. They still have discrete vacum tubes. When the till had accumulated large amounts of notes, some are sent to the cash office in the canisters. Does the article say how long the thief had to wait? It does seem that most customers pay by card than cash nowadays.
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Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 95,338 Send Message	Allan	Report	5 Oct 2014 08:33
	Der! It weighs 14,500 pounds :-P
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	5 Oct 2014 02:54
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	The thief was caught be cause he couldn't run.... he could hardly walk! How much does 14,500 weigh? :-D
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,052 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	4 Oct 2014 23:44
	:-D :-D
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	4 Oct 2014 23:40
	you know you have to "admire" the ingenuity of these guys........like the first to rip out an Atm using a fork lift truck, or the like..... thinks why didn't I think of that first........? Bob
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,052 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	4 Oct 2014 23:30
	......... vacuum tubes for carrying money from a cash register to the office news item .................. A cunning burglar stole £14,500 after breaking into the roof space of a Sainsbury's in Bury in January and collecting cash in plastic pods as they passed through a vacuum tube from the cash register to the cash office. He's been sentenced to 4 years in jail He had previously been convicted of a similar crime at a Tesco's store in Wiltshire in 2010 Many stores had those vacuum tubes in the 1940s and 50s .......... when you bought something, the money was sent in the tube to an office, and your change returned
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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